A special guest post by Global Security Consultant and Political Risk Expert, Paul Crespo. This is the fifth post in the series.
Mexico is a top Latin American location for American business operations. A vast market with close proximity, Mexico represents the United States’s second largest export market and its third largest source of imports.
Recently however, the battle … [Read more...]

Last week Apple released the Apple iPhone 5s. The most innovative feature of the new phone was the device's fingerprint scanner, which was widely heralded as being the world's first "hack proof" access point.
It took only a few days, however, for a German hacking group to bypass the phone's latest security feature and gain access to the device.
The incident is the latest … [Read more...]

Earlier this week I wrote about industrial espionage and how it is the fastest and least expensive way for our foreign competitors to bridge the innovation gap with the U.S.
Using cutting-edge technology and age-old techniques of deceit and manipulation, corporate spies are the greatest post-cold war threat to international business.
Today’s international conflicts are … [Read more...]

A special guest post by Global Security Consultant and Political Risk Expert, Paul Crespo. This is the fourth post in the series.
For ten years Brazil has been the darling of the emerging market countries: the "B" in BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India & China). With annual growth rates of 5 percent, its stock markets often doubled year to year. Brazil is hot. It will be … [Read more...]

Spying continues to dominate the news. Just today Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff cancelled a trip to meet with President Obama over revelations that the U.S. actively spied on Brazil.
Up until recently, the prevailing view was that companies located in China and Russia had the most active industrial espionage programs.
That’s all changed after the Snowden … [Read more...]

ABOUT SANTIAGO A. CUETOEditorBoard Certified International Law Expert and Founding partner Santiago A. Cueto focuses his practice on international business law with an emphasis on international business litigation, arbitration and transactions. His practice is based in Miami, Florida. Read More